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Turn Medical secures U.S. federal government contract vehicle for its innovative hospital bed

6Jul

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Turn Medical secures U.S. federal government contract vehicle for its innovative hospital bed

San Antonio medical device company Turn Medical has secured a major contract with the U.S. federal government enabling the startup to supply federal customers such as the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the Veteran Administration (VA), and the Indian Health Service.The VA's Veterans Health Administration is the largest integrated healthcare network in the United States, with 1,255 healthcare facilities serving 9 million enrolled veterans annually.In January, Turn Medical partnered with the national provider of rented medical equipment US Med-Equip (USME) to widen access to the startup's first product for critically ill patients with severe respiratory issues.Read: Turn Medical partners with U.S. Med-Equip to widen access to its innovative hospital bed"The DOD and VA didn'...

Turn Medical partners with U.S. Med-Equip to widen access to innovative hospital bed

25Jan

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Turn Medical partners with U.S. Med-Equip to widen access to innovative hospital bed

The San Antonio medical device company Turn Medical has partnered with the national provider of rented medical equipment US Med-Equip (USME) to widen access to the startup's first product for critically ill patients with severe respiratory issues. The partnership accelerates hospitals’ access to Turn Medical’s Pronova-O2 Automated Prone Therapy System, an automated hospital bed that rotates patients to a prone position onto their abdomen. The bed provides an effective and efficient way for clinicians to move patients into the prone position safely and easily. Prone positioning is recommended for critically ill patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which accounts for about 10% of all admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide. Prone therapy is now consi...

Turn Medical Closes $3.8M Funding for Automated Hospital Bed

16Feb

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Turn Medical Closes $3.8M Funding for Automated Hospital Bed

The San Antonio medical device company Turn Medical has closed bridge funding of $3.8 million from a group of U.S. investors to support the commercialization of its first product for critically ill patients with severe respiratory issues. Turn Medical's automated hospital bed rotates the patient safely and easily to a prone position onto their abdomen. Called the Pronova-O2 Automated Prone Therapy System, the bed provides an effective and efficient way for clinicians to move patients into the prone position safely and easily. Prone positioning is recommended for critically ill patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which accounts for about 10% of all admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide. Prone therapy is now considered the standard of care for th...

Turn Medical Automates Patient Prone Positioning for Critical Care

11Nov

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Turn Medical Automates Patient Prone Positioning for Critical Care

A San Antonio medical device company is coming out of stealth mode to launch its first product for critically ill patients with severe respiratory issues. Turn Medical is commercializing its automated hospital bed that rotates the patient safely and easily to a prone position onto their abdomen.Prone positioning is recommended for critically ill patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which accounts for about 10% of all admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide. Prone therapy is now considered the standard of care for those with severe ARDS to reduce lung trauma and improve outcomes, especially for those on a ventilator.Tara Psencik, CEO and co-founder of Turn Medical, told Startups San Antonio they are looking to launch its bed, called the Pronov...